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Little Women

RKO Radio Pictures

United States of America

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Katharine Hepburn

Joan Bennett

Paul Lukas

Edna May Oliver

Jean Parker

Frances Dee

Henry Stephenson

Douglass Montgomery

John Lodge

Spring Byington

Samuel S. Hinds

Mabel Colcord

Marion Ballou

Nydia Westman

Harry Beresford

Luke Cosgrave

Harold Entwistle

June Filmer

Dorothy Gray

Don Harris

Olin Howland

Tony Kales

Marilyn Knowlden

Virginia Howell

Shorty Woods

George Cukor

Victor Heerman

Sarah Y. Mason

Louisa May Alcott

Mel Berns

Max Steiner

Walter Plunkett

Merian C. Cooper

Kenneth Macgowan

Van Nest Polglase

Ray Moyer

Henry W. Gerrard

Jack Kitchin

Hobe Erwin

Mike Fitzgerald

Mike Graves

Ernest Bachrach

Tom Clement

Emily Perkins

Jean Woodhall

Edward Killy

Mortimer Offner

Robert De Grasse

George E. Diskant

Guy Gilman

George Pickham

George D. Ellis

Ellis Fesler

Victor B. Appel

Elmer Armstrong

Bill Ely

Wallace Fox

Gale Evans

Charles Sayers

Elizabeth McGaffey

Dorothy Dawson

John Miehle

Eddie Arden

Charles Brackett

John Twist

Wanda Tuchock

Jane Murfin

David Hempstead

Al Block

Salisbury Field

G.B. Stern

Del Andrews

Parker

"ill try to be what he loves to call me. a little woman."

katharine hepburn has easily become my favorite jo march. in reality, this film is probably five stars for the first half, and two for the second.

one thing i really liked about this version compared to the others was the subtle forshadowing of key events. beth's introduction shows her with a cold and a broken piano, and i liked how she begged her sisters to find an imperfection in her, but they couldn't. her desperateness to fit in with them. a subtle hint at her fear of being left behind. then amy's first scene has her getting in trouble for doodling in class, which shows us early on that she is artistically aligned, though perhaps not completely encouraged, which makes her decision to go with aunt march feel all the more justified. and jo is right away mischevious, working for her aunt but intentionally acting lazy and boyish. as someone who believes jo to be transmasc more than a lesbian (though she could be both), i felt that the first half of this was way more in line with how i imagine jo in my head.

the only character who feels a bit underdeveloped to me is meg, but this is likely because her character falls intro tropes typical of female characters in this era. they don't see the need to break the mold with her. it's times like these, though, that i miss the precision and delicacy of gerwig's adaptation.

i will also add that this is my least favorite laurie and marmee. laurie still has a fun dynamic with jo initially, but christian bale will always be my favorite, even if i believe gerwig understood his character more than anyone. and marmee, besides her incredibly kind nature, didn't stand out to me here, though we can't all be susan sarandon.

oh, and i didn't know how to include this in my review, but i also really loved that jo stepped asside at the family gathering to talk to beth in heaven. that she never forgot her and spoke to her about things that'd make her happy, like the family being back together again. it's a really cute detail that adds a lot to their deep love for one another.

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